How do you break from a M / Sr. M Position to a Director position in industry? Seems like all directors seem to come from outside the firm from another D level role or have been with the firm for many years. In other words, how do you become a director in industry in the most efficient way possible?

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Efficient is a bit of a self-serving term. I would look at it as why should a company hire you at the director level? What experience and knowledge (presumably of that company’s sector) do you bring to the table and why is it important (eg - this is why x trend will have y impact)? Also typically, have you managed teams and have experience both doing as well as delegating? The requirements don’t change depending on whether you came from industry or consulting. Consultants tend to get interviews and jobs because we have multiple n of experience and can structure problems and responses. Consultants also get dinged for lack of industry knowledge or at the least, perspective. Long way of saying, you control your speed and there’s hard work involved. Source, myself as mgr to director in industry exit.

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S1 is right... went from a new PwC Director to senior director in tech (big company), but most people from PwC at my firm who were directors come in as directors or even senior managers... I can’t see us hiring a manager as a director; not saying it can’t happen, but it’s about articulating your value and finding the right role.

Choose a small business, do stellar work for 6 months and get promoted.

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